at the same distance an AIM120C will reach M3.8 (aircraft M1) and not go farther than 6nm from your current aircraft. You can fire an AIM54 45nm 20k Altitude and score a hit at over M1.5. The Aim-7 is better then the Aim-120 which the F-16 can carry but never did. This means the 120 is not an effective weapon by any means. I have been shot down by Aim-9Ms at 6-8NM and Aim-9Xs at 5-9NM. The R-27 has a "brochure" range of 120km and is effective at that range in DCS, the Aim-120C "brochure" range is 105km and is not effective at that range in DCS. Sorry I dont buy that its normal to be actually 10-15. One missile is fired level from 0kts the other from 500kts level at sea level (SD10).Įxample 1 F-15C FL060 M1.08 fires at 12nm Score a kill on a manuvering F-16Įxample 2 AI F-16 FL190 M1.08 fires at 14nm scores a kill on a manuvering F-16Įxample 3 F-16 FL120 M.80 fires at 11nm non manuvering SU-27 Missile accelerates to 4nm to M3.04 which then decelerates to M1.8 in less than 2nm goes stupid at 7nm and then floats to the earth at 9mnĮxample 4 F-16 FL130 M.99 fires at 6nm inorder to score a kill on Su-24 Additionally it's not quite as big a difference as you may think. The big nock on range is mostly due to having to boost up all the way from 0 kts. So, using some very rough mathematics, taking a missile with a published range of 40nm at 40,000ft and launching at 1000ft I can expect somewhere in the ball park of 40nm x 20% = 8nm.
The missile will travel less distance during the burn-time of it's motor, attain a lower maximum TAS and GS and once the motor burns out it will decelerate faster than that launched at high altitude. Given that air density is directly related to pressure and temperature, the density of air at these altitudes is correspondingly substantially lower than at 5,000ft.Įrgo the missile is working that much harder having to push more air molecules out it's path at lower altitudes. That why for long range shots lofting is used, so that even if your missile flies more distance, it will keep its energy at high altitude where there is very little drag.Įnviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante TapatalkĪt 40,000ft feet the air pressure will be ~20% of that at sea level. So you get the same missile that goes from >100km to just 40km if launched from low altitude against a high flying target, this distance would be reduced if the target is fliying low.Ī missile at low altitude is almost like a bullet in water(ok im exagerating a bit). NASAMS, which is a norwegian air defense system that uses the Aim120C missiles, advertise its range as 40Km maximum and against a high fliying non maneouvering target. I will give you an example, that is very enlighting. Time ago missiles had reached more far away.I'm expert enough to know that ALL missiles get their range reduced to something like 10%-30% from its maximum possible range when shot at low altitude, where the drag is hugeeeeeee. Im not expert are you one? Because you are saying that this is correct. Mmm i think isnt normal 5000ft RMax 7 miles, head to head Su25T vs F18C, no man, 2 miles more and can use IR missiles, something is wrong here.
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